If you've read my first book, What the Dog Ate , you know it starts with a woman finding out at her vet's office that her dog has ea...

In my debut novel, What the Dog Ate , there's a lotta mischief going on. In fact, in the first sentence, we find out that both Maggie...

Monday is Rita's third birthday (Whoohoo! **blows noisemaker** ), which is a Super Big Deal since our sweet angel Abby never even made ...

I was sitting out in the backyard this weekend with my book. (Sorry... a little mischief there... I know many of you could not sit out in yo...

Rita had to go to the vet on Friday for her annual checkup. (And she was super healthy! Well... still waiting for her blood work results, ...

Yesterday, Rita had a golden opportunity to shame the Momma . So many things that the Momma does that she's embarrassed about... So litt...

This week, I'm participating in the What's on Page 25? blog hop. If you read your way through the whole hop, you can enter to win a...

If you've read my novel, What the Dog Ate , you know that Maggie, the main character, enjoys a smoothie for a post exercise recovery foo...

I'm not super techy when it comes to messing with photos. I've never "shopped" a photo, as it were. (Why do they call it P...

A couple of weeks ago, the hubs suddenly decided to take a week off. We didn't have time to plan much, and we had some things to do arou...

To celebrate the first day of spring, I thought I'd share pics I took of some of the beautiful flowers in our neighborhood on a recent w...

We've discovered that Rita LOVES this faux-fur blankie we have on our sofa. Normally, it just drapes over the back of the couch, looking...

Snapped a few shots of Rita on the way to the beach the other day. These are taken after we turned on to the little one-way road that leads...

While pondering silliness to post today, I thought about Monty Python's Flying Circus . To me, they will always be the epitome of silly....

Is your household as excited about the start of  season 3 of Downton Abbey this Sunday as ours is? (Well, as I am? The hubs watches it wi...

The mischief today is that I, Rita, am taking over the blog so I can list my Top Ten for 2012. (This recapping the year seems to be a big th...

I've decided to start a new thing that I'm going to call Mirth Watch Thursday . It'll be a little silliness from me or from some...

As promised last week, as part of our Season's R eadings promo, it's time for 8 Holiday Questions for 8 Authors . In order...

Today I'm doing something a little differ ent. If you've never noticed b efore, above in my tagline for the blog it says Pooch Smo...

I was actually going to write this post with just a quick update on our yard work, but then I looked at his picture again: "Why won...